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New Sensation: Google Wave!

It started in March of 2009 when the media hype its launching. Now google wave has taken many by storm. My previous encounter with a collaborative tool was in the electronics industry where they name it as a putty tool. The edited files are highlighted and are easily retrieved by following its own protocols. Going back, to understand and appreciated google wave , please watch the video below. So what do you think? Where and What We'll We Use Google Wave For? From the video, we can use google wave in the following: 1. Making minutes of the meeting. 2. Document creation of a team with private inline replies 3. And so much more. By default, google wave is now on limited preview. The demand crashed the google wave system, so I guess they implemented the "by invites" scheme to screen out users. To have your own google way, fill out the form (click here) I'm excited to receive my own google wave account and start with this tremendous platform. Sh

Google Games Bite Newspapers

Newspapers have learned to aggressively optimize their content for Google in its desperation for online advertising. The result of this shift is more traffic- Junky traffic. It was seen that readers tend to spend lots and lots of time on newspaper sites. The readers’ level of engagement has been print journalism's strongest asset online, but the recent trends show that's changing. Nielsen Online published that readers are spending less time on top newspaper websites which denoted six minutes less per month at Washingtonpost.com, one minute less per month at USAToday.com and a minute and a half less per month at NYTimes.com. That is a natural consequence of deriving new traffic growth from a Search Engine Optimization staff, as hearsay anecdotally states that it is happening at many papers. The count of unique users goes up, while the value of each reader for advertisers goes down. And when papers like Huffington Post comes to town with a local section — HuffPo launched in New